Budget constraints faced by governments in developing countries imply that the targeting performance of public … subsidies and social programs (whether the subsidies are provided in cash or in kind) is important for reducing poverty. In this … various targeting systems (including proxy means testing and geographic targeting) could help to improve targeting performance. …

attach specific weights to true and false positive rates. Based on data from Bolivia and Indonesia, we show that targeting …, optimizing targeting measures will be misleading when the actual goal is to maximize the effect on poverty. …A key question in the design of anti-poverty programs is to what extent they should be targeted. Empirical evaluations …

In 2013, the Government of Indonesia conducted one of the largest information interventions in histo-ry, in an attempt … to further alleviate poverty and as a complement to the Social Protection Card (KPS). Drawing upon administrative data … Indonesia's largest social programs, the Raskin (rice for the poor) and the BLSM (temporary unconditional cash transfers …

coefficients, we evaluate Indonesia's three largest social programs. The setting for our evaluation is the launch of Indonesia …'s Unified Targeting system, an innovation developed to reduce targeting errors and increase program complementarities …

This study focuses on the efficiency of minimum wage policy for poverty reduction, taking Indonesia as a case study. A … findings suggest that minimum wages are unlikely to be an effective antipoverty instrument, at least for Indonesia. …

coefficients, we evaluate Indonesia's three largest social programs. The setting for our evaluation is the launch of Indonesia …'s Unified Targeting system, an innovation developed to reduce targeting errors and increase program complementarities …

In 2013, the Government of Indonesia conducted one of the largest information interventions in histo-ry, in an attempt … to further alleviate poverty and as a complement to the Social Protection Card (KPS). Drawing upon administrative data … Indonesia's largest social programs, the Raskin (rice for the poor) and the BLSM (temporary unconditional cash transfers …

attach specific weights to true and false positive rates. Based on data from Bolivia and Indonesia, we show that targeting …, optimizing targeting measures will be misleading when the actual goal is to maximize the effect on poverty. …A key question in the design of anti-poverty programs is to what extent they should be targeted. Empirical evaluations …